This line of research focuses on how classic markers of social stratification (e.g., social origin, sex/gender) and dynamic aspects of the family context (e.g., parental employment, living environment, parenting practices) (jointly) contribute to social inequality in different dimensions of child development (e.g., cognitive skills and educational attainment, behavior, health). A particular focus is on highlighting and accounting for the complex temporal and causal interdependencies between the different factors shaping children’s life courses and inequality therein.
Publications and work in progress
- Early Maternal Employment and Children’s Vocabulary and Inductive Reasoning Ability: A Dynamic Approach (with Markus Klein), published in the journal Child Development
- Maternal Employment Dynamics and Childhood Overweight: Evidence from Germany, published in the Journal of Family Research
- Mothers’ Employment and Child Behaviour: New Evidence for Scotland (with Marita Jacob), published in the journal Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
- Parental Education, Television Exposure, and Children’s Early Cognitive, Language and Behavioral Development (with Markus Klein), published in the journal Social Science Research
- Early History of Exposure to Neighborhood Deprivation and Behavior Problems: Evidence from Scotland, Working Paper
- Family Income Dynamics and Children’s Academic Achievement (with Tomás Cano), presented at ECSR Annual Conference in Lausanne, 12-14 September, 2019
- Early Academic Achievement and Behavior Problems at the Intersection of Gender and Family Environment (with Ibrahim Demirer and Markus Klein), presented at SLLS Annual Conference in Potsdam, 25-27 September, 2019, Working Paper
- Direct and Indirect Effects of Grandparents’ Education on Grandchildren’s Cognitive Development: The Role of Parental Cognitive Ability (with Markus Klein), published in the journal Sociological Science
- Inequality of Educational Opportunity in East and West Germany: Convergence or Continued Differences? (with Markus Klein and Katherin Barg), published in the journal Sociological Science